THE TOWN OF WEST FARMS. 517 



lem and Bronck's,) yet appears to have attached himself to Westchester; 

 for in 1703 he was elected a vestryman of the precinct of Yonkers, 

 (which included Fordham, both towns being embraced in the extensive 

 parish of Westchester,) an office which he held for nearly seven years, 

 and died in 1783." 



The children of John Archer and Sarah Odell, were : John, Samuel, 

 Richard, and others, who have left numerous descendants j Samuel, the 

 second son, left one son, Benjamin Archer of Fordham, whose son Ben- 

 jamin was for many years owner in fee of part the manor. 



In 1671, Daniel Turneur, of New Harlem, purchased forty morgen of land 

 from the Indian sachems Shatash, Panazarah and others, which said "tract of 

 laud is lying upon ye maine next to ye land of John Archer, beginning at ye 

 bay on ye south side of Crabb Island and so running along ye creek parting ye 

 maine and Manhattan's Island to Brunx land extending east and west so far as 

 the land of the said John Archer," &c. b This sale is presumed to have embraced 

 Devoe's point, called by the Aborigines "Nuasin." 



On the 15th of June, 1668, Richard Nicoll, Governor of the Province, 

 confirmed to the above grantee all that "certain piece or parcel of land 

 upon the maine, lying and being to the north of Bronck's land, begin- 

 ning at the mouth of Maenneppis kill (Cromwell's creek) and goes into 

 the woods the depth of fifty rods, containing eighty acres, &c." 



The following conveyance was made by the Indians in 1676, to the 

 widow of Turneur and his son Daniel : — 



INDIAN DEED OF MENTIPATHE. 



New York, May 10th, 1676. 

 This day appeared here, in the office of Recorder, Jackeline Turnier, wudow, 

 and Daniel Turnier, the sonne of Daniel Turnier, late of New Harlem, deceased, 

 who brought with him some Indyan proprietors to attend the governor, and, to 

 acknowledge before his Honor, the sale of a certain piece of land at Mentipathe 

 Kill, beginning from the mark't white oake tree, so runs northerly to a creek 

 called Saproughah, by Crabb Island, then running east and west to Bronkx river. 

 But his Honor being absent and the said Indyans, having occasions abroad, so 



a The will of Joan Archer, of Eastchester, bears date 4th of May, 1758, to his eldest son, 

 Abraham, his house and all my farm of land, Ska, lying in Eastchester at a place called Pond 

 Field which I bought of Elisha Bartou, &c. ; 10 his sou John, £5. he having received the rest 

 of his portion already ; to his grand-son, Jacob, sou of Jacob Archer, the sum of £5 ; to his well 

 beloved wife, Elizabeth, all my household goods, &c. Proved l«h of July, IToS, Surrogate's 

 office N. V., Itt'c. wills, No. 21, pp. 61-6.'. will of Jonathan Archer, of Eastchester, 26th of 

 Sept., 1764, son*, Ezekiel and Johu, daughter Sarah, wife of Stephen Fowler, daughter Abigail, 

 wife of Joshua Pell, Jr., grandson, Caleb. Proved 19th of August, 1T66, sum gates office, Kec. 

 Wills, No. v;5, 1765, 1767.p. 279. Will of Ezekiel Archer, 1773, wife Phil.nar, son Ezekiel. daugh- 

 ters Martha and Abigail, wife and sister Jane Tippet, brother-iu-law .Joshua Pell. Surrogates 

 office N. 1., No. x.xix p. 344. 



6 Vol. vii, Land Papers, Albany, 1643 to 1S03, p. 42, 



